it's been told in much-loved books, movies and cartoons, and now Cinderella's rags-to-riches tale has been given an entirely new twist - filmed entirely from her perspective.

In the new short film, students at the Arts University Bournemouth show off their remarkable make-up and costume talents by creating outfits from 18th century court fashions to Sixties styles.

Shot from Cinders' perspective, viewers experience her labouring in the kitchen, being abused by the Ugly Sisters, her first meeting with the Fairy Godmother, arriving incognito at the ball and losing the glass slipper.

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Cinderella meets the handsome prince who kisses her hand and stares into her eyes (or the camera)

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The film begins with Cinderella conducting her daily chores down in the gloomy, and very authentic-looking 18th century kitchen, with the audience viewing the scene as she sees it.

Her instantly recognisable ugly sisters, complete with powdered faces and garish make-up, enter and begin throwing insults such as 'what's this' and 'look at you!'.

Beleaguered Cinders chops carrots, prepares food and cleans down in the gloomy kitchens

Her ugly sisters enter the scene and proceed to insult their step-sister who's been pressed into servitude

They are then joined by their mother who says, 'This is a pigsty what the hell? Are we sleeping?' before slapping her step daughter in the face, which makes the camera spin to the side to reflect the force of the impact.

As Cinderella falls to the floor, she opens her eyes to see a vision appear before her - the Fairy Godmother dressed in sparkling splendour in a lilac gown.

The figure then performs the magic at the centre of the tale, telling Cinderella that she shall go to the ball and blowing a cloud of glitter into the camera's lens.

Cinderella sees the Fairy Godmother dressed in sparkling splendour in front of her

The viewer (and Cinderella) witness the Fairy Godmother tell her heroine that she shall go to the ball

Here Cinderella enters the ball incognito and sees the ladies in their finery and a violinist

The next scene sees Cinderella join Prince, and we see her entering the room full of society figures dressed in their finery.

The moves with our protagonist as she dances with the royal and then shakes her head as the clock strikes 12.

The audience is then immersed further in the heroine's world as she runs from the castle panting and pushes branches aside that are blocking the watcher's view.

After awaking in her own bed the viewer then witnesses the most iconic scene first hand as they see Cinderella trying on the shoe that perfectly fits.

The remarkable costumes and hair are the work of students at Arts University Bournemouth

The camera angles in the short film help to capture Cinderella's movement perfectly

The film ends as we witness Cinderella's wedding from her point of view, at this point the setting has taken a jump forward in time and well-wishers and guests are dressed n Mad Men-style Fifties and Sixties dresses.

We see our heroine steal a kiss from the prince and once the ceremony is over and confetti has showered down over the camera, her appearance is finally revealed.

Her eyes - and the camera lens - rest on a full-length mirror where we see here in a flirty ankle-length gauzy pink Sixties-style gown with a net underskirt.

The film enters with a skip through time for Cinderella's marriage to the prince now in the 1950s

She wears a matching pink, three quarter length veil over her bobbed hair and smiles as she holds her bouquet with both hands.

Her new spouse, however, is still dressed in his blue military-style coat complete with regal sash and gold braided epaulettes.

The film's makers stress that the original point-of-view style captures the courses' creative approach to teaching.

Following the wedding the film ends with the line storytelling from an original point of view

Her appearance is finally revealed to the viewer at the end of clip where she looks into a mirror